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MeteoritesMeteorite fall in Latvia, 20 meter crater

26th Oct 2009 05:17 UTCMatteo Chinellato Expert

A meteorite that was big enough and fast enough to create a 02 meter crater fell in Latvia, one of the smallest country in the world. Here are a few links, I think we will be hearing a lot about this one. For me is not a meteorite

http://readrussia.com/blog/News/00264/

http://en.rian.ru/world/20091026/156588612.html

26th Oct 2009 09:13 UTCGerald Costlow

Something just seems suspicious to me after viewing the film of the crater with the smoking, on fire contents. This looks like Hollywood's idea of a meteor strike instead of the real thing.

26th Oct 2009 10:48 UTCJolyon Ralph Founder

more likely a stray russian missile?

Jolyon

26th Oct 2009 10:51 UTCMatteo Chinellato Expert

or a piece of satellite

26th Oct 2009 11:44 UTCJolyon Ralph Founder

A piece of satellite is far more unlikely than a meteorite! Thousands (millions?) more meteories fall to earth each year than man-made space debris.

Jolyon

26th Oct 2009 11:46 UTCMatteo Chinellato Expert

yes but a meteorite not burn, this is artificial material

26th Oct 2009 12:02 UTCMarco Barsanti Manager

I agree, the video is very suspect..It does not seem to be a real meteorite

26th Oct 2009 12:22 UTCPatrick Haynes (2) Expert

I was wondering the same thing. What was actually burning? Not the meteorite.

26th Oct 2009 12:42 UTCJohan Kjellman Expert

A german site claims that the meteorite is radioactive. strange film, a crashing meteorite could set fire on something but this looks like a campfire in a gigantic hole - a hoax?

26th Oct 2009 15:57 UTCMatteo Chinellato Expert

here the confirm its a fake

http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/sci-tech/latvian-meteorite-crater-is-a-hoax_100266012.html

15th Feb 2011 07:02 UTCJenna Mast

As a person with Russian heritage... I generally don't trust anything that comes out of Russian news websites :-)

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